Home : News : Local : South Central :

Greg Burge, owner of Beech Grove Firearms. (WISH photo)

Regular Photo Size3/3

More Crime News

PHOTOS: May Mug Shots

These people were arrested in Ind. in May 2012. They are …

Dad found guilty in 10-year-old son's beating death

Dad found guilty in boy's beating death

A jury on Thursday found a South Bend man guilty of beating his…

Man gets 120 years in prison for murder

An Indianapolis man was sentenced to 120 years in prison for …

Deputy resigns after drug theft accusations

Ex-deputy faces drug theft charges

A Marion County Sheriff’s deputy who resigned earlier this week…

IMPD: Daughter attacks, robs disabled mom

IMPD: Woman attacks, robs disabled mom

Police are looking for 28-year-old Jessica Strahl, who's …

Baby, kids left alone outside for hours

Small children left alone outside for at least six hours …

Teen gun sale lands three behind bars

Updated: Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012, 6:52 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012, 6:46 PM EST

Julian Grace

GREENWOOD, Ind. (WISH) - Police arrested three people for trying to sell a shotgun to teenager in Greenwood.

19-year-old Justus Woodcock, and 21-year-old Tara Harvey-Ross were both arrested. Investigators say the two teamed up with a teenage boy to try to sell a gun to another teen.

“The suspects were soliciting anybody to buy a gun they had stolen,” said Greenwood Assistant Police Chief Matthew Fillenwarth. “They didn’t care who they would sell it to, they just wanted to make some money.”

One of the suspects sent a text message to a 17-year-old asking him if he wanted to purchase a gun, but the boy’s mother intercepted the text. She called police who set up an undercover sting operation.

Investigators arranged to purchase the Charles Daly 20 gage shotgun for 200 bucks in a church parking lot. When the three arrived police arrested the suspects.

“I think it’s a sad story about what our society has come to,” said Greg Burge, Owner of Beech Grove Firearms. “We have too many criminals walking among us.”

Court date for the three suspects has not been set.

Comments

WISH-TV is migrating to a more stable commenting system called DISQUS. This system is used by CNN, TIME, FOX News, numerous blogging sites and has over 75 Million registrered users. Unfortunately we can't migrate our current user accounts to this new system.

To sign up for a DISQUS account, click the DISQUS button just below and to the right and then click Login.

DISQUS lets you login with several different options, including Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo or OpenID. We expect it to allow more conversation and better moderation. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below.